mahiti rural development
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Submitted To:
Prof. Gincy Mathew
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Research object and Methodology
Research objective:
To know about the NGO - How, when, where and why it started? What kind
of social work they do and how they work in India.
To relate and study Mahiti Rural development Centre (NGO) functioning
with HRM and operations theories.
To study the managerial aspects of Mahiti Rural development Centre.
To understand how they are managing their funds.
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y Data Collection: Primary Data: It would collected through Observation during visits,
asking open and close ended questions, Interviews with working employees andInformal interaction with members at Mahiti Rural Development Centre.
Secondary Data: It would collected from outside of the organization like
Internet
Books, Magazines and Annual Reports of Mahiti Rural Development.
Publications, Articles and Research Papers.
Scope ofStudy: The scope of the study is limited to the studying theoperations of Mahiti Rural Development Centre and its activities. The scope isalso limited to studying Bhal area of Dhandhuka.
Limitation of study: Two or three days visit of NGO was not possibleto collect all relevant information. Time limit is also determine to conduct visit
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Profile of Mahiti rural developmentCentre
Name of the Organization : Mahiti - Rural Development Centre
Address : Regd / Head Office: At & Post: Dholera, Opp. Bhim Talav, Rahtalav Road,
Tal: Dhandhuka, Dist: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Pin: 382 455,
Liaison Office: G-2/1, Om Shantinagar, Nr. Shrinandnagar II, Tagore Road, Vejalpur,
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India Pin 380 051
Contact Numbers : Dholera: 02713-234 132 / 293 071 Mobile: 095588 03901,
Ahmedabad: 079-268 11003 Mobile: 095588 03902
Email : [email protected] ; [email protected]
Contact Person : Ms. Devuben K Pandya, Executive Director
Establishing : 9th August 1994
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Vision & Mission
y Vision
Envisaging a just society without oppression, discrimination, injustice by
abolishing discriminations created by unjust social structures and to improve the
livings standards of exploited / marginalized sections whiles making them self reliant
in Gujarat state, India
y Mission
Mahitis mission is to empower the poor discriminated and marginalized
communities with focus on women to bring about concrete and sustainable changes
in their lives and also to address issues of injustice through strong organizations of
people and their leadership.
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Governing Body (Board of Trustees)
y Devuben Pandya (Social Activist) Founding Member
y ManagingTrustee / Executive Director, Mahiti, Dholera
y Nafisa Barot (Social Activist) Founding Member
y Executive Director, Utthan, Ahmedabad
y Jahnvi Andhariya (Development Professional)
ySr. Program Officer, Sir Dorabjee Tata Trust, Mumbai
y Binoy Acharya (Development Professional)
y Executive Director, Unnati, Ahmedabad
y Laxmiben Sudarshanbhai Iyengar (Doctor of Aayurveda)
y Freelance Trainer (Reproductive & Child Health), Ahmedabad
y Vijay Parmar (Expert in Human & Institutional Development)
y Chief Executive Officer, Jan Vikas, Ahmedabad
y Rajiv Khandelwal (Master in Rural Management)
y Executive Director, Aajivika Bureau, Udaipur, Rajsthan
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Mahiti Rural Development centre is an independent, non-governmental, social development organization.
Mahiti is working in Bhal region since 1994
Groups are organized in villages and their issues are taken
on common platform. Groups from neighboring villages
support social cause where as activities are supported by
Two Apex Womens Cooperatives (Federation). This is
visible in interventions like watershed, drinking water, social
injustice, micro finance, sanitation, health etc.
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Objectives of the Organization
y To empower women and youth by strengthening leadership for effective
political participation and to fight against social injustice
y To develop, manage natural resources and to promote better access and
control over natural resources for the marginalized communities.
y To develop local resources to strengthen livelihood options for the
marginalized communities.
y To improve and provide civic amenities.
y To improve and provide health facilities.
y To mobilize women to address the issues of marginalized communities.
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Condition of the Region
y Mahiti is working in Bhal region since 1994 as a grassroots NGO. The inception
and existence of Mahiti is derived out of complexities of Bhal. Mahiti is working
in Ahmedabad and Bhavnagar districts of this region and have plans to expand to
other districts covering more than 20,000 families in near future. The
geographical, social, economic and political condition of this region is as under.
Geo-climatic condition
Social condition
Economic condition
Political Condition
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Womens Savings and Credit Cooperatives Federations ofSelf
Help Groups
To encourage women to become more financially independent, Mahiti has
promoted the two womens cooperatives - Bhal Womens Savings and Credit
Cooperative Society Limited in Ahmedabad district and Bhal Womens Jagruti
Savings and Credit Cooperative Society Limited in Bhavnagar district - a federation
of exclusively womens self help groups for easy access of communities to avail credit
and avoid cumbersome banking procedures, Mahiti worked out an alternative banking
system,
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Activities of the Federation (Cooperative)
y
Group formation and group consolidation
y Review functioning of group
y Provide credit to groups / cooperative members on flexible repayment schedule
y Provide support services like insurance and audit to the members
y Arrange need based trainings for example legal training or training in income
generating activities.
yAccess large amounts of credit from external sources
y Act as a pressure group
y Provide speedy services and loans for emergency purposes
y Promote collective need based activities
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Other Services offered by the Federation
(Cooperative)
y Insurance Services
y Legal Aid and Family Counseling
y Conducting Training Programs
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Natural Resource Management
y At Mahiti, natural resource management is an integrated concept. One that
involves work on agriculture, soil & water conservation, drinking water
resources management, animal husbandry, grazing land development, social
forestry etc all of which is undertaken with the communities.
y Since its inception, Mahiti has been working on rehabilitating and
constructing natural resources with the help of watershed committees, water
committees and user groups. In view of changing scenario of climatic
changes, industrial development, demarcation of Special Economic Zones
(SEZ), Special Investment Region (SIR), emergence of irrigation projects
like Kalpasar,
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Mahiti has geared up to further enhance its capacity and reach in undertaking
programs on soil conservation and improvement, animal husbandry, drinking water
resource management and sanitation through empowering communities via Gram
Sabhas, trainings, exposures, linkages with Stakeholders. Following paragraphs
describes the geographical condition of the region.
Soil & Water
Conservation
Drinking WaterResource Management & Sanitation
Promotion
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Community health care
y Training Women Health Workers & Midwife
Since 1999, the efforts are being made to develop a grass root level health
system and link it up with the Government managed health servicedelivery system. In 49 villages, village level Women Health Workers
(WHWs) and Traditional Birth Attendants Dais (TBAs) are trained
who are responsible for dealing with primary health care issues and
safe deliveries respectively. Till the year 2009, Mahiti has so far trained
64 WHWs and 79 TBAs in 49 villages. Mahiti is also being expanding
this activity of training and capacity building of WHWs and TBAs in
other villages where community health program did not reached.
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y HIV / AIDS Interventions
Mahiti took another initiative in 2009 and that is intervention
regarding awareness creation among single male industrial migrant
workers. Gujarat State AIDS Control Society, Ahmedabad had given a
targeted interventions program on HIV AIDS with single male
migrants coming from other states in Changodar industrial area,
Sarkhej Chokdi and Sanand Chokdi (Chokdi is a Gujarati colloquial
word for cross roads) areas as an implementing support agency. Withthis view Mahiti got involved in this work.
Some Photographs of HIV AIDS Program
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Youth Empowerment and Development
y So far 30 youth groups in 30 villages have been formed. Total number ofmembers is 1239. These youth groups have a place in their village where they
have books, indoor and outdoor games equipment for games like chess, carom
board, volleyball etc so as to encourage the youth to pass their free time in good
constructive activities and come closer so that an atmosphere of communication
created. The village youth use these centers. Some times they organize short
picnics with their contribution.
y Mahitis efforts to bring the marginalized people in this area to mainstream
remains incomplete unless the youth in the villages are not made aware and
capable.
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Disaster Management
To create awareness among communities with preparedness plans to
cope up with disasters and to minimize the damages; Mahiti
undertakes Community Based Disaster Preparedness and Management
in disaster prone villages. In all the coastal villages disaster
preparedness and management committees are being formed
consisting of local men, women and teachers to assist people in adverse
circumstances.
Relief and Rehabilitation
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Finding and suggestion
y How an NGO works and the different functions work simultaneously
for the successful attainment of objective.
y How to deal with different religion of people of villages.
y How to plan and implement the programmed meant for the needy andclosely monitor it to guarantee its success.
y How to link different NGOs to fulfill the common objectives.
y We have learnt that we should not unnecessarily waste the resources
available to us but should donate it to the needy.
y For the development of society, our prime goal should not be to earn
money for ourselves but also do something for the underprivileged
sections of society.
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y What are the different rules and regulations to be followed while
functioning a NGO.
y The study of the NGO with management perspective is important aspect to
learn something.
y We were finding out that mahiti organization is strong working for women
development and increase standard of living.
y In most of area problem of water supply solved by planting water tank.
y They proving relief fund for building small pond in nearest to farm.
y Mahiti providing micro finance for women development.
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Conclusiony Today, Mahiti is the largest development of women in the
Bhal region of Dholera, Dhandhuka and Bhavnagar. Mahiticonducting the various facilitates of training programmersand opportunity of alternative work to do and inspiring the
different community of village people for societydevelopment and benefits. Its also increase the standard ofliving people in Bhal region.
y By way of natural resource management mahiti solved theproblems of water crisis. Mahiti has constructed more than
900 Roof-top Rainwater Harvesting Structures (tanks)which have been able to provide safe potable drinkingwater to more than 7000 people in the villages.
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References
y www.wikipedia.org
y Gujarat government official website
y Government ofIndia official websitey www.google.com
y www.mahiti.org